Current List of Contests, Awards, and Scholarships Open to High School Students

• The Adroit Prizes for Poetry and Prose

• AFSA National High School Essay Contest (Deadline: April 5, 2021)

• BMI Student Composer Award (Deadline: February 5, 2021)

• CT Academic Integrity PSA Contest (Deadline: January 27, 2021)

• CT Bar Association Essay Contest(Deadline: February 22. 2021)

• CT Laws of Life Essay Contest (Deadline: January 27, 2021)

• Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest sponsored by CT Senator Chris Murphy  (Deadline, January 8, 2021)

• NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing--11th Grade Only (Deadline: February 15, 2021)

• NSHSS Literary Competition 2019 (Deadline: May 30, 2019)

• NSHSS Video Competition 2019 (Deadline: May 30, 2019)

• Ocean Awareness Contest (Deadline: June 14, 2021)

• Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers (Deadline: November 30, 2020)

• Profile in Courage Essay Contest (Deadline: January 15, 2021)

• River of Words Poetry & Art Contest (Deadline: December 1, 2020)

• Scholastic Art & Writing Awards dozens of categories

• Sejong Writing Competition 2019 (Deadline: March 30, 2020)

• Smith College Poetry Prize (Deadline: December 1, 2020)

• We the Students Essay Contest (Deadline: February 14, 2019)

• Science without Borders Challenge Art Competition (Deadline: March 21, 2021)

• Ayn Rand Institute Novel Essay Contests (various deadlines)

• Just Poetry: National Poetry Quarterly (various deadlines)